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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Chris Stewart at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Stewart confirmed this week that he is leaving Congress, but not until September.

Rep. Chris Stewart not planning to leave Congress until September

By Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 11:02 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Pride flag is raised at Washington Square by Salt Lake City and LGBTQ+ leaders, marking the beginning of Pride Month on Thursday, June 1, 2023.

Gov. Cox declares June Pride Month — but leaves out ‘LGBTQ+’ this year

By Emily Anderson Stern | June 2, 2023, 12:42 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mitt Romney talks with reporters during a visit to the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District's Education Center, May 5, 2023. On Thursday, June 1, ahead of a Senate vote on debt limit legislation, Romney ripped critics of a deal between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden.

Romney rips critics of debt limit deal: ‘There are people who want to make noise, and there are people who want to make law.’

By Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 8:41 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) Attorneys representing adult entertainers, erotica authors and sex educators have asked a judge to place a Utah law that requires those who visit porn websites to verify their age on hold.

Adult filmmakers ask judge to delay Utah law requiring porn sites verify ages

By Sam Metz | The Associated Press | June 1, 2023, 12:54 a.m.

(Asher Swan | Pool) Nick Mitchell looks on as Rep. Chris Stewart answers a question at the 2nd Congressional District debate in Cedar City, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Mitchell is one of several Utahns considering a run in a special election to replace Stewart, who is leaving Congress.

Here’s who could replace Rep. Chris Stewart in Congress

By Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 10:06 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Chris Stewart at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Rep. Chris Stewart confirms he is leaving Congress, citing wife’s health concerns

By Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 12:04 a.m.

(Benjamin Zack/Standard-Examiner, via AP) This July 6, 2017 photo shows Phoenix, a golden eagle at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, in Ogden. Phoenix survived third-degree burns from a Utah wildfire and a bout with the West Nile virus that left him blind in one eye now has a job as an educational bird at a northern Utah wildlife rehabilitation center.

Why is Ogden evicting the only wildlife rehab center in northern Utah?

By Jacob Scholl | May 31, 2023, 7:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Chris Stewart and Gayle Ruzicka at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City in November 2022. Stewart is expected to resign from Congress as early as this week.

What happens to U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart’s seat after he resigns from Congress?

By Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 12:08 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz waves after addressing the Utah GOP Convention Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Chaffetz, who stepped down from Congress in 2017, said there is "no finer person than Chris Stewart." Rep. Chris Stewart is expected to also resign from the U.S. House. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

‘Not a finer person than Chris Stewart,’ says Jason Chaffetz, who also left the U.S. House early

By Emily Anderson Stern | Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 12:07 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Stewart celebrates his win in the Republican Primary, at the election party at Awaken Event Center, onTuesday, June 28, 2022.

Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign from Congress

By Bryan Schott | June 1, 2023, 12:10 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Rep. Blake Moore says a few words at the Memorial Day Ceremony on the South steps of the Utah Capitol, on Monday, May 29, 2023.

Rep. Blake Moore is ‘positive towards’ proposed debt ceiling agreement

By Eric Walden | May 29, 2023, 7:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Troy Williams, Executive Director of Equality Utah, poses for a photograph at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Williams talked about his success in getting anti-LGBTQ measures and proposals repealed and changed, and the unlikely connections he's built with some of Utah's most conservative figures in his efforts to protect the state's LGBTQ community.

This Utah LGTBQ+ activist aims to protect his community by breaking bread with GOP lawmakers

By Emily Anderson Stern | May 28, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference after President Joe Biden and McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., a key Republican in the debt limit negotiations and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, back right, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., McCarthy's top mediator in the debt limit talks, left, look on. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous U.S. default

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Mary Clard Jalonick and Kevin Freking | The Associated Press | May 28, 2023, 4:26 a.m.

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Petroglyphs at First Site in Nine Mile Canyon, Tuesday January 19, 2016. Nine Mile Canyon is classified as an "area of critical environmental concern." New rules proposed by the Bureau of Land Management are intended to strengthen protections in such areas.

Hunting and fishing groups are glad, Utah Republican leaders are mad about Biden’s public lands use plan

By Tim Fitzpatrick | May 26, 2023, 9:42 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, left, and Mayor Derk Timothy of Bluffdale, go before the Salt Lake County City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, to express their opposition to Olympia Hills, a high-density development proposed outside of Herriman. Staggs announced on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, that he is running for U.S. Senate.

This Utah mayor wants to replace Sen. Mitt Romney in 2024

By Emily Anderson Stern | May 23, 2023, 9:08 p.m.

(Pavel Golovkin | AP Photo) Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman, left, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, stands behind prior to their talks in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, southern Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Huntsman was one of 500 Americans banned from traveling to Russia on May 19, 2023.

Jon Huntsman, former ambassador to Russia, banned from returning

By Emily Anderson Stern | May 23, 2023, 11:52 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sandbags are filled as waters rise in Emigration Canyon on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. State lawmakers have approved emergency funding so municipalities will be able to be reimbursed for some flood relief efforts this spring and summer, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Here’s how $33 million in emergency funds will be used to help Utah cities and towns respond to flooding

By Jeff Parrott | May 19, 2023, 6:03 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox answers questions during his monthly news conference at the Eccles Broadcast Center, on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Cox, who said he’s passionate about immigration reform, called Congress “imbeciles” who “should all get fired" for not assign immigration reform.

‘They should all get fired’: Utah Gov. Cox calls Congress ‘imbeciles’ for not passing immigration reform

By Jeff Parrott | May 19, 2023, 12:07 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People work to save a home as Emigration Creek rises in Emigration Canyon on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. As public officials have urged Utahns to prepare for flooding by purchasing insurance policies, thousands may not have access to it and few communities participate in a federal program to make it more affordable.

These Utah towns don’t participate in FEMA’s flood insurance program

By Emily Anderson Stern | May 18, 2023, 5:22 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Representatives during a special legislative session in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

Foreign workers can — again — own firearms after Utah Legislature repeals accidental ban

By Robert Gehrke | May 18, 2023, 12:15 a.m.